My C5 got wrapped!
Drifting
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From: Dunedin Florida
Funny how some people call anything cosmetically different rice/ricer. the acronym RICE was originally short for Race Inspired Cosmetic Enhancements but has been misused and accepted by many to mean any sort of unappealing (to an individual or group/groups) cosmetic enhancements. To call a wrap or respray RICE is actually kind of ignorant. As long as the owner likes it that's all that matters.
Chasboy -- Do you know what the color name or wrap that is on that Huracan? That looks killer
Chasboy -- Do you know what the color name or wrap that is on that Huracan? That looks killer
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Oh heck yeah!!! I’ve seen a number of color wraps of c5’s and if any car was a natural....I’m fascinated by technological advances in....anything
Orange wraps look great, but my faves are colorshift/flip wraps where the car is orange from one angle and something else from the other. I think a guy on the FB group showed his. I loved it. If I had guts I would do it myself.
Almost every C5 I’ve seen in non factory colors looks great, even colors I usually don’t like.
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Racer
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From: Smith Mountain Lake VA
i miss understood the information about waxing vinyl wraps.if you have the high gloss vinyl like i do you can polish it, and once a month is fine. Its the matt vinyls that shouldn't be. I apologize for the wrong info.
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Oh heck yeah!!! I’ve seen a number of color wraps of c5’s and if any car was a natural....I’m fascinated by technological advances in....anything
Orange wraps look great, but my faves are colorshift/flip wraps where the car is orange from one angle and something else from the other. I think a guy on the FB group showed his. I loved it. If I had guts I would do it myself.
Almost every C5 I’ve seen in non factory colors looks great, even colors I usually don’t like.
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Is the wrap you used as glossy as the paint?
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Oh heck yeah!!! I’ve seen a number of color wraps of c5’s and if any car was a natural....I’m fascinated by technological advances in....anything
Orange wraps look great, but my faves are colorshift/flip wraps where the car is orange from one angle and something else from the other. I think a guy on the FB group showed his. I loved it. If I had guts I would do it myself.
Almost every C5 I’ve seen in non factory colors looks great, even colors I usually don’t like.
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Drifting
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Agreed. There are many shades/tones of orange that look amazing on the C5. The Lamborghini Arancio Orange Pearl (3 layer Orange pearl with the gold pearl in the mid layer) would look AMAZEBALLS on the C5.
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There’s a local guy with a C5 in a Lamborghini pearl/dark grey bluish color that is also terrific.
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St. Jude Donor '03 thru '26
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Yes, always liked this car, but this was paint. I think it was House of Kolors. I recall when the guy was building this, put a lot into it, then ran out of money and sold it. I am sure you can get a wrap now that looks pretty close though.
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If I did anything, it would be to see if I could find a company that could figure out a way to duplicate the 1969 ZL1 front hood stripe for the C5.
Then, maybe switch the Z06 to Dark Rose Metallic wrap.
Then, maybe switch the Z06 to Dark Rose Metallic wrap.
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